The Invisible War 2012

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: Dick's films often strut with a lilting impudence, but his new work is dead-serious, as suits the subject. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: This is not a movie that can be ignored. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: One of those documentaries that you watch both fascinated and repulsed - and one of those films that you sense just might be instrumental in helping to change an utterly unacceptable status quo. Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: There's a sense that Dick would rather be effective than fair, but The Invisible War wants to tear down walls, and sometimes a sledgehammer comes in handy. Read more

Mark Feeney, Boston Globe: "The Invisible War" makes all too clear that the military isn't very good at justice. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: This travesty has been encouraged by a military culture that blames the victim and a policy directing soldiers to refer complaints to their commanding officer, which typically results in no action or even reprisals against those speaking out. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: I have rarely been more righteously riled up than I was while watching the documentary The Invisible War. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: The intense interviews and damning statistics (20 percent of all female personnel have experienced sexual assault) do the work of whipping up outrage. Read more

David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter: This eye-opening documentary turns a glaring spotlight on sex crimes in the American armed forces, and on the military establishment's astonishing insensitivity to the issue. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: What happened to these women after the rape often shocks and disturbs them as much as the physical act itself. Read more

Melissa Anderson, L.A. Weekly: Interview after interview, statistic after statistic, Dick's advocacy project thoroughly incenses -- and appears to be having results. Read more

Mark Jenkins, NPR: The movie depicts the military's culture of intimidation and assault as global, not as an aberration that might be explained by the pressures of combat or the tedium of life on secluded posts. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Every adult who owes a debt of gratitude to American soldiers should see Kirby Dick's heartbreaking documentary about sexual violence in the military. Read more

Sara Stewart, New York Post: For sheer infuriation value, you can't do much better than Kirby Dick's quietly scathing documentary on rape in the US military. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: One hearing noted that the victim was dressed provocatively. In her official uniform. Read more

Amy Biancolli, San Francisco Chronicle: It is far too difficult to watch. Which means we must. Read more

Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail: A must-see expose of the abuse of power in an institution that is supposed to serve and protect. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Any attempt to look at deeper-rooted causes behind these assaults is completely AWOL. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: An aptly infuriating expose of sexual abuse within the U.S. military. Read more

Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice: The Invisible War, though revelatory, is perhaps the most straightforward film yet from a director who likes to broach the fault lines of sex and society. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: I can hardly wait to see which closet Dick will throw open next. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Dick, whose films include a revealing expose about the movie industry's film ratings board, has created yet another galvanizing call to action with "The Invisible War." Read more